Soviet geographers and the Great Patriotic War, 1941–1945

Lev Berg and Andrei Grigor'ev

Bibliographic Data

ID11907010
AuthorsDenis J B Shaw (0000-0003-0391-4011, University of Birmingham, corresponding author), Jonathan D Oldfield (0000-0002-3070-5066, University of Birmingham)
Year2014
Volume47
Pages40-49
Publication date2014-09-21
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Historical Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0305-7488 • E-ISSN: 1095-8614
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.jhg.2014.06.002
OpenAlexW1991612885
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited2

The significance of the Second World War for Soviet geography was somewhat different from that in much of the West. In the USSR, as a result of the 1917 Russian Revolution and, more particularly, of Joseph Stalin's ‘Great Turn’ implemented in 1929–1933, geographers were faced with pronounced political and economic challenges of a kind which arguably only confronted most Western geographers with the onset of war. It is therefore impossible to understand the impact of the war for Soviet geography without taking into account this broader context, including events during the turbulent post-war years. The paper will focus on the experiences of two prominent geographers who played a major role in the developments of the era including their responses to the revolutionary circumstances occurring from the late 1920s, their activities and experiences during the war, and the debates and conflicts they engaged in during the post-war crisis. Some of the more significant contrasts with geographical developments in Western countries during these years will be emphasized

Archaeology · Context (archaeology · Economic history · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · World War II · Historical Geography and Geographical Thought · History · Law

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